Hatfield Science on Tap: El Niño on the Oregon Coast
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SOCIAL HOUR: 5-6 p.m.
TALK: 6-7 p.m.
The public is welcome to the free event at Hatfield Marine Science Center, Gladys Valley Marine Science Building, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, Oregon.
HYBRID OPTION: This event will also be available online. Visit https://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/main/science-tap.
SPEAKERS: Peter Ruggiero, Professor, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University; and Jonathan Allan, Coastal Geomorphologist, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
ABOUT THE TALK: For more than four decades, El Niño events have shaped our understanding of coastal hazards along the Oregon coast.
Previous major El Niño winters have been associated with elevated water levels, anomalous wave conditions, shoreline erosion, and widespread coastal impacts, establishing a strong link between Pacific climate variability and coastal hazards of erosion and flooding. With forecasts suggesting the potential development of very strong El Niño conditions during the coming winter, we are once again evaluating the vulnerability of beaches, dunes, infrastructure, and coastal communities to climate-driven coastal hazards.
In this talk, the speakers will discuss what happened in previous events and what we might expect this upcoming winter. They will also synthesize several recent studies tracing how large-scale climate variability translates into coastal hazards and how we plan on using the developing 2026–27 El Niño to test our hypotheses.
TALK: 6-7 p.m.
The public is welcome to the free event at Hatfield Marine Science Center, Gladys Valley Marine Science Building, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, Oregon.
HYBRID OPTION: This event will also be available online. Visit https://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/main/science-tap.
SPEAKERS: Peter Ruggiero, Professor, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University; and Jonathan Allan, Coastal Geomorphologist, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
ABOUT THE TALK: For more than four decades, El Niño events have shaped our understanding of coastal hazards along the Oregon coast.
Previous major El Niño winters have been associated with elevated water levels, anomalous wave conditions, shoreline erosion, and widespread coastal impacts, establishing a strong link between Pacific climate variability and coastal hazards of erosion and flooding. With forecasts suggesting the potential development of very strong El Niño conditions during the coming winter, we are once again evaluating the vulnerability of beaches, dunes, infrastructure, and coastal communities to climate-driven coastal hazards.
In this talk, the speakers will discuss what happened in previous events and what we might expect this upcoming winter. They will also synthesize several recent studies tracing how large-scale climate variability translates into coastal hazards and how we plan on using the developing 2026–27 El Niño to test our hypotheses.
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